Events

Democracy and Human Rights Program

【GGR Talk Session】My Experience as a Refugee in Africa

Event date：January 14, 2025 (Tuesday)
Democracy and Human Rights Program

【GGR Intensive Seminar】Countering Disinformation and Protecting Democracy: Follow-Up Session: The 14th Zoom Meeting

Event date：November 30, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

【GGR Talk Session】Campaign Policy VS. Policy Implementation: The Case of the Thai Digital Wallet Scheme

Event date：December 13, 2024 (Friday)
Democracy and Human Rights Program

【GGR Brown Bag Lunch Seminar】The peril of hyper-presidentialism in the Philippines

Event date：September 30, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

【The 30th GGR Brown Bag Lunch Seminar】Aligning Values and Interests: Japanese and Australian Democracy Support in the Pacific and Southeast Asia

Event date： July 30, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

【GGR Co-hosted Event】 Japan-Hong Kong Democracy Summit

Event date：June 17, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

【GGR Brown Bag Lunch Seminar】Milk Tea Wasn’t Brewed in a Day: Transnational Networks and the Rise of the Milk Tea Alliance

Event date： June 7, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

【GGR Brown Bag Lunch Seminar】Asia in Turmoil with Disinformation: The Cases of India and Taiwan

Event date：May 24, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

【The 31th GGR Brown Bag Lunch Seminar】The peril of hyper-presidentialism in the Philippines

Event date：September 30, 2024 (Monday)
Democracy and Human Rights Program

【GGR Intensive Seminar】Countering Disinformation and Protecting Democracy: Follow-Up Session: The 13th Zoom Meeting

Event date： July 28, 2024
Read More

Publications

Democracy and Human Rights Program

Japan as a Hub for Democracy Assistance in Asia [in Japanese]

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateAugust 11, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

Protecting Human Rights Leads to Peace: Reaffirming the Importance of the Labor Union Movement by Linking Peace and Human Rights [in Japanese]

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateAugust 9, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

FTA with China: Copper Monoculture, Limited Diversification and Hidden Dependency [in Spanish]

AuthorSascha HANNIG NUÑEZ
DateAugust 5, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

China’s Attempt to Drive a Wedge in Japan-South Korea and Japan-Taiwan Relations: Influence Operations Targeting Societies of Third Countries [in Japanese]

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateApril 1, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

Defying Giants: Hong Kong–Brewed Counter-Narratives to Stop the CCP’s Global Anti-Democracy Campaign

AuthorSulastri , Sascha Hannig Nuñez
DateNovember 18, 2024

Abstract*This paper was written based on an interview conducted on April 10, 2024.

Democracy and Human Rights Program

An alliance challenging China’s influence −Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) in its policy towards China to counter potential authoritarian influence [in Spanish]

AuthorSascha HANNIG NUÑEZ
DateAugust 5, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

Measures to Tackle Delusional Political Campaigns

AuthorParin Jaruthavee , Waralee Pitakwong
DateNovember 11, 2024

AbstractThe election process is crucial to democracy as it allows the people to select their representatives who will bear the duty to develop and carry out the will of the people; and thus, a political campaign comes into play. A political campaign generally reflects the intention and development plan a political party aims to pursue. It is equally (or even more) important and persuasive as the candidates themselves. Nonetheless, like everything in the world, there are two sides to a coin, in this case feasible and unfeasible (delusional) political campaigns. While feasible political campaigns allow voters to make well-informed votes for their country, unfeasible political campaigns could be considered as misinforming voters. In spite of the influence a political campaign can have over people, there is as yet no specific law that regulates campaigns directly, given the importance of freedom of speech. This paper discusses the relevant legal framework on political campaigns as well as measures to tackle delusional political campaigns, in order to empower voters and create a healthier ecosystem in a democratic society.

Democracy and Human Rights Program

Japan’s Human Rights Diplomacy in UN Policy: The Role of Human Rights Norms and the Changing Modes of Multilateralism [in Japanese]

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateAugust 1, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

Democracy Turning Its Back on the International Order: Can Pride and Strategy for Global Engagement Be Recovered?

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateJune 3, 2024
Democracy and Human Rights Program

Japan’s Accidental Resilience in the Disinformation Age

AuthorMaiko Ichihara
DateMay 9, 2024
Read More

Researchers

Full-time Researchers

  • NameICHIHARA Maiko
  • Position and AffiliationProfessor, Graduate School of Law / School of International and Public Policy
  • Research areasInternational relations, Japanese foreign policy, human rights and democracy diplomacy, democracy support, influence operations

Assistants

  • Name JEONG Minhee
  • Position and Affiliation Doctoral student, Graduate School of Law
  • Research areas International relations, refugee and asylum policy, resettlement
HANNIG Nunez Sascha
  • Name HANNIG NUÑEZ Sascha
  • Position and Affiliation Doctoral student, Graduate School of Law
  • Research areas International relations, influence operations, democratic studies, technology and society
  • Name HOSSAIN Billal
  • Position and Affiliation Doctoral student, Graduate School of Law
  • Research areas International relations, green innovation
  • Name KUMASAKA Kenta
  • Position and Affiliation Master’s Student, School of International and Public Policy
  • Research areas International relations, policy process, decision-making
  • Name NAKAJIMA Takahiro
  • Position and Affiliation Master’s student, Graduate School of Law
  • Research areas International relations, international norms, LGBT rights
  • Name YAN Feng
  • Position and Affiliation Master’s student, Graduate School of Law
  • Research areas International relations, East Asian studies, media studies
  • Name WATANABE Eru
  • Position and Affiliation Master’s student, School of International and Public Policy
  • Research areas International relations, ODA policy, rule of law assistance
  • Name KISHI Akihito
  • Position and Affiliation Undergraduate student, Faculty of Law
  • Research areas International relations, peacebuilding, governance